Volume 24, Issue 73, January - June, 2023

First occurrence report of three rare Serranid fishes from northern part of east coast of India and a new record from West Bengal coast, India

Dipanjan Ray^1♦, Sanmitra Roy², Anil Mohapatra³

¹Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
²Post Graduate Dept. of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India
³Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India

^♦Corresponding author
Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

The present study reports the first distributional record of three species of percoid fishes belonging to family Serranidae from northern part of east coast of India. This study also describes the first-time report of Tomato grouper from West Bengal coast. Diagnosis, morphometric measurements, meristic characters of the recorded species are provided herein along with the comparison of distinguishing features with other similar species of the family.

Keywords: Grouper, Soap fish, New record, Northern east coast, India

Species, 2023, 24(73), e10s1010

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e10s1010

Published: 27 January 2023